This Week Elsewhere – 12/1/17

Cinematic Slant

Cinematic Slant is where I write about movies, including the campaign recaps I’ve been doing since 2004 along with other news and opinions.

Movies I Don’t Believe Will Ever Come Out: Gilliam’s comments about this long-gestating film put me in mind of other movies that have been promised by the talent involved for long periods of time but which never seem to get off the ground.

Planes, Trains and Automobiles – Flashback Marketing: As it stands, the campaign sold the film well 30 years ago and the movie holds up as a go-to holiday classic, thanks largely to the talents of Candy and Martin. That’s why it was exactly those talents that were emphasized in 1987 in selling the movie to the audience.

The Disaster Artist – Marketing Recap: I have to admit that when the campaign first kicked off I had zero interest in what was going on. That changed pretty quickly when the first teaser trailer popped up and the attitude of the movie was more clearly on display.

Watch Out For Gender Bias In Your Writing: …the unconscious ranking was obvious once I saw it. And I realized that I was part of the problem when it came to putting women in the position of second class citizens in the culture.

NaNoWriNotSoMuch: I could have written more, sure. There were evenings I had the time, but by the end of the day my brain was so muddied I just wanted to disappear into a YouTube hole of “The West Wing” clips or whatever book I was reading and be a bit more passive than active. That wasn’t the time motivation was at its highest. Even though the story is still incomplete there were a few things I learned from my first real NaNoWriMo attempt.